Lamp-carrier for miners  hats



(No Model.)

0. H. HOBSON.

LAMP CARRIER POR- MINERS HATS. No. 416,262. Patented Dec, 3, 1889.

W figs-secs, R 1173943161,

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES H. HOBSON, OF MOUNT CARMEL, PENNSYLVANIA.

LAMP-CARRIER FQR MINERS HATS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 416,262, dated December3, 1889.

Application filed September 24, 1889. Serial No. 324,888- (No model.)-

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, CHARLES H. HoBsoN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Mount Carmel, in the county of Northu mberland and State ofPennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Lamp-Carrier for MinersHats, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in lamp-carriers for miners hats;and it consists in certain novel features,hereinafter described andclaimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view showing myimproved device applied to a hat. Fig. 2 is avertical section of thesame, and Figs. 3 and 4 are detail perspective views. The hat A may beof any desired form,and to the front of the hat I secure abase-plate B,which is preferably constructed of sheet metal and leather, and isprovided at its upper end with a longitudinal slot 0.

The lamp-holder D is pivotally mounted in the slot 0, and consists of asheet-metal plate doubled on itself and having its front ends diverging,so as to extend partly around the body of the lamp, and thereby preventthe same from swinging from side to side. \Vithin the lamp-holder Isecure a block E, which is arranged slightly in advance of the rear edgeof the lamp-holder, and this block is engaged by the hook on thelamp-body.

In practice the base-plate is secured tothe cap by rivets or any othersuitable device, and the lamp is engaged in the holder, as shown mostclearly in Fig. 2. .The lamp will thus be securely held and will beallowed to swing forward as the miner bends his head, so that it willalways be in the desired position, but will be prevented from swingingfrom side to side.

It will be observed that my device is very simple, and consequently canbe manufactured at a small cost, and that it can be applied to any formof hat, and that while I have shown and described it as applied to a hatit may also be applied to a cap.

Having thus described my invention, What I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, 1S.

1. A lamp-carrier consisting of abase-plat-e having a longitudinal slot,and a holder pivoted within said slot and adapted to receive the lamp,and having its front edges diverging to bear against the lamp-body, assetforth.

2. A lamp-carrier consisting of a base-plate provided with a slot, aholder pivoted in the slot and consisting of a plate doubled on itselfand having its front edges diverging, so as to extend partially aroundthe body of the lamp, and the block E, secured within the holder, saidbloc-k being adapted to be engaged by the hook on the lamp, as setforth.

3. A lamp-holder consisting of a plate doubled on itself and having itsedges diverging and adapted to pass on opposite sides of the lamp-body,and a block secured between the branches of the plate and adapted to beengaged by a hook on the lamp-body, as set forth.

4. A lamp-carrier consisting of a base-plate and a holder pivotedthereto and having its front edges diverging to bear against thelampbody, as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in presence of two witnesses.

7 CHARLES II. HOBSON. Witnesses:

E. E. WHITE, HARRY MCWILLIAMS.

